A Pakistani woman whose gang rape made international headlines nine years ago has given birth for the first time .

A son was born Sunday to Mukhtaran Bibi , now 40 , who became a symbol in the fight against so-called honor crimes .

`` I am very happy . I did not think I would live to see this day , '' Bibi , of Multan , in Punjab Province , told CNN .

The man she has since married , Nasir Abbas Gabol , said : `` I am a very happy father . ''

`` Today when we leave the hospital we will take the baby home and there my father will name our son , as per custom in my village , '' he added .

In 2002 , a tribal council ordered her rape by four male acquaintances as retribution after her brother was accused of having relations with a higher-caste woman , Pakistani authorities said at the time .

Later that year , six men were sentenced to death for raping her or abetting in the rape . But five of the men have since been acquitted .

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The Pakistani woman 's gang rape made international headlines nine years ago

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She has delivered her firstborn , a son

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I did not think I would live to see this day , '' Mukhtaran Bibi says

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A tribal council ordered her rape for an offense allegedly committed by her brother